Close to nine in ten (87.1%) of all card payments made in Ireland last year were contactless and more than half of those were made using an NFC mobile phone, Banking & Payments Federation Ireland ...

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun a public consultation on proposed plans either to significantly increase or remove altogether the current £100 (US$129.83) limit on contactless ...

Visa has launched its ‘Tap to Add Card’ service in Ukraine, Georgia and South Africa, enabling cardholders to add their bank card to their mobile wallet via NFC by simply tapping their card to their ...

FACE RECOGNITION: Fans add a selfie in the MLB Ballpark app to enable biometric access to the stadium Milwaukee Brewers fans will be able to access the baseball team’s American Family Field home ...

DIGITAL PASSPORT: Customers can access sustainability details via the QR code on the garment label Dutch jeans brand Garcia is to equip every garment in its range with a digital product passport (DPP) ...

The Bank of England has published a Blueprint framework describing the way in which a digital version of the British pound could be implemented. Plans to launch a Digital Pound Lab this year have also ...

Apple NFC: “Where it’s available, we will move quickly to be able to offer it.” PayPal will “quickly” take advantage of Apple’s opening up of access to the iPhone’s NFC capabilities as part of its new ...

SIMPLER PAYMENTS: Alipay’s tap-and-pay service turns a smartphone into an NFC tag reader Alipay, China’s leading mobile payments provider and the pioneer of QR mobile payments, has launched a new ...

Adoption of softPOS payment solutions by smaller businesses will drive a 113% increase in contactless payment transaction values by 2029, Juniper Research predicts. The growth will see global ...

Event ticketing platform Eventbrite is taking the first steps towards allowing organisers to accept contactless payments at the door on standard NFC devices via the company’s Organizer app, “letting ...

Customers of Eastern Bank (EBL) in Bangladesh will soon be able to apply for a metal biometric payment card that will enable them to authenticate contactless payments at the point of sale with their ...

CERTIFICATION: A logo will show consumers that a product conforms to the CCC’s digital key standards The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) has launched a CCC Digital Key Certification program designed ...